Collar.



A. E. WILD/I01.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED APB..12.1913.

A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 19M.

INVENTOB 6Z1? 1% an 5 ml? 0 if ARTHUR E. ZWILMOI, 0F SEK'B'l-IJE, TWASHINGTO-N.

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. p fw of Letters nt an Patented Auga25, 1914:.

Application filed April 12, 1913. Serial as. 760,758.

To'all whom-it may concern Be it known that I, Aa'rnt'n' W'ILMo'r,

a citizen of the United States,'residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of. which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. v

This invention relates to collars and has for its object the production of a collar which will allow the meeting edges in the front o fthe collar to fit snugly as is desired with a lock front collar. Heretofore, the holding of the edges of the collar snugly together in front thereof has been a difficult problem, and no collar has as yet been produced which LWill'keep the meeting edges of the collar in close engagement. h

.1. nother object of this invention is the production of an eliicient securing means for connecting "or joining the collar in the hack thereof so as to presenta smooth joint at the connection of the two ends of the collar.

A' still further object otthis invention isthe production of an efficient means for connecting the neck tie to the front of the collar without necessitating the passing of the tie around the entire length of the collar.

lVith the above and other objects in view this invention consists of certain novcl combinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts as will he hereinafter fully described and claimed. 7

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar in a set position -.showing the front portion thereof.

-' Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the collar from the rear thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the collar before being folded.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section through the rear joint or connecting portion of the collar. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5, of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view looking on the inside of a modified form of the collar showing the manner of attaching the tie thereto, the collar in thisfigure being the ordinary lock front collar.

Referring to the drawings by nui'ucrals it will be seen that 1 designates the band of the collar which consists of one continuous strip, and primary and auxiliary roll-over portions 2 and 3 are secured to the upper edge of the band 1. These primary and auxiliary roll-over portions have their respec- -a securing tongue 8.

the ends 4- and 5 overlapping as indicated in Fig. 3 when the collar is stretched out in a blank form so as to allow the edges (3 and'i'oi the respective roll-over portions 2. and 3 to abut snugly together alon their edges as illustrated in Fig.1 when the collaris in an operative position. It is necessary that when connecting the primary and auxiliary roll-over ocations 53 and 3 to the bandl that the ends 4 and 5 overlap in order to produce the snugly fitting front of the collar illi1strat d in l igl. The primary roll-over portion 2 has its edge out at a slight angle to the end of the neck hand 1 as illustrated in Fig. 2 3, and the opposite end oi the auxiliary roll-over portion 3 projects beyond the opposite end of the neck band as illustrated in Fig. 3 to constitute A button-hole 9 is formed in the securing tongue 8 for securing the collar upon the neck band o'l the sh rt. An aperture or button-hole 10 is also formed in the opposite end of the hand 1 ol the collar to register with this buttonhole 9 for receiving the securing collar button for holding the collar in a closed or set position as illustrated in Fig. 2. The tongue 8 of the auxiliary roll-portion 3 is folded as illustrated in Fig. i so as to rest snugly against the under 'iace oi": the upper edge of the adjacent roll-portion 2 as illustrated in Fig. 4., thereby constituting an ellicicnt lock for holding the collar in a set position.

From the foregoing (,lcscription it will be seen that a very eliicient means has been produced for holding the collar in a set position and thereby preventing the locking front of the collar from bulging, and also preventing the meeting edges at the edges of the front of the collar from becoming out of alincmcnt or out of snug engagement. When the .collar is placed upon the neck hand oi the shirt it will be seen that the ends 11 and '12 of the band 1 will abut so as to form a smool h face upon the inner face er the collar to prevent injury to the hack of the neck.

.For the purpose of connecting the tie to the collar and allot-ring the tie to be placed upon the collar hefore the collar is placed upon the neck hand of the shirt, a pair of vertically extending apertures 13 are formed in the band 1 of the collar, and these apertures 13 are placed upon the opposite sides of the button-hole 14. The front collar hutton of the neck band ofthe shirt is adapted to pass through the button-hole 14 and hold apertures 13 and is tied in the usual manner 7 and it will be seen that by passing the tie through the apertures 13 the same may be easily tied'and moved through the apertures without binding or tearingthe tie.

As illustrated in Fig. 6 the ordinary collar as placed upon the market may be provided with vertically cxtcndin apertures 15 for the purpose ofcurrying t 1e tie 16, and When the apertures are thus formed upon the collar now in use these apertures are placed upon the band 17 of the collar so as to be out of the Way of the interlocking flaps 18 of the collar. The apertures 15 will have to be placed quite a distance from each other for the purpose or" preventing the tie 16 from sagging in the center, and a loop 19 is secured to the rear face of the collar through which the tie 16 is passed. This loop 19 is placed above the collar button-hole or aperture 20 which is adapted to engage the collar button 21 carried by the front of the shirt band.

seen that a very eflicient means has been produced for holding the front of the collar in a set posit-ion without allowing the meeting edges to spread apart, and further that an eflicient means has been produced for attach- From the foregoing description it willbe ing the tie to the collar without danger of disfiguring the front of the collar.

Having thus described the invention what claimed as new, is

A collar comprising a neck band, a plurality of outer flaps connected thereto and provided with substantially V'shape projectingends, the end of one flap adapted to overlap the cud of the opposite flap :lor facilitating the close littingzof the edges of said flaps when said flaps are fohled upon said neck hand, said neck band having its ends extending at an angle to'the lower edge thereof, one of said flaps provided with a projecting tongue adapted to fit under the junction of the neck band and the opposite flap, said tongue and neck band provided with apertures formed therein for allowing a button to pass thcrethrough, said flap adapted to hold the respective ends of said neck band in contacting relation throughout approximately the entire Width of said neck band for presenting a smooth flush surface throughout the entlre inner face of the rear of the collar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

1 ARTHUR E, WILMOT.

Witnesses:

IRVING L. MOCATHIAN, Ross J. Woonwaao. 

